SOLUTION: 3x+7y=-4 -7x+y=44

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Question 452243: 3x+7y=-4
-7x+y=44

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3x+7y=-4............1
-7x+y=44.............2
Eliminate y
multiply (1)by 1
Multiply (2) by -7
3x+7y=-4
49x-7y=-308
Add the two equations
52x=-312
/52
x=-6
plug value of x in (1)
3x+7y=-4
-18+7y= -4
7y=-4+18
7y=14
y=2

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